LITTLE FELIS
The Name
Namine stared at the book she had found lying on the kitchen table just a minute ago. It appeared that the brown-haired cousin of hers had left it there before she arrived home.
How she knew? Two reasons: One, there was a note that read 'As a thank you for taking the cat in' with a small smiley drawn on the left corner of the paper but no name; two, who else could enter her locked apartment when she wasn't home and left without taking anything but a pack of biscuit, a popsicle, and two cans of coke?
Namine sighed. Maybe she should get a new apartment key soon.
Slumping herself into her bed, she took the book in her hand and looked at the front cover. Written on it: 'Cats and How to Take Care of Them.'
Pausing for a moment, she slowly flipped the book open and read through the pages while skipping some parts she thought were unnecessary. It was when she came upon a catalogue of pets' collars that she found a small note slipped between the pages.
'The cat needs a collar. How about buy it this Saturday? P.S. Say, aren't you going to name him?'
"Name, huh?"
Namine turned her head to the side, toward the spot beside her where the kitten was circling himself comfortably.
She thought for a moment.
"Roxas. Your name will be Roxas."
Author's Note:
How can a short story like this took me such a long time? No idea. I'm just a slow writer.
Roxas hasn't made any 'real' appearance yet.